Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-29

makes it sacred, is always unsafe. MANY
a young girl would have saved herself
lifetime sg my had she steadfastly re
| PEELED these advances, however innocent
at first their meaning.
| There Is nothing, my young friend, that
| you should guard so scrupulously as youl
own womanly delicacY. Brush the bloom
of from peach, rudely touch the Wsxen
petals OF lily and half of their beauty is
gone. 1t is impossible for you, or any
other woman, to allow yourself to be
caressed by your young men sCquaint-
ances, without losing somewhat of that
purity and modesty that you should wear
always as Queen her robes of royalty.
You will be sure then to preserve, not
only their respect, but what is OF far more
Importance, tina of self.
Nor need this preservation of personal
dignity savOr one wait of prudery. You
can be just as bright, IS merry, and
friendly while saying by your manner,
should 1t be necessary, Glands off," s.
you eau possibly be by permitting these
sentimental demonstrations. They are
not necessary to the good comradeship
which is sll that should exist or appear
to exist between you and any masculine
friend until you are sure that you possess
the true ana tender love of the one man
who has made himself your hearts king.
a love which holds you sacred, as every
true man holds the woman he would
mike his wife and the mother of his
children. And believe me, even if YOU
are not yet certain that the prince loves
you e. you desire to be loved by him, he
viii no. be any easier won should you
yield to CaresseS prompted by g passing
mood, but rather repealed from you, for
Il Is human nature not TO value what is
easily or cheaply obtained.
The freedom which girls IN this country
are allowed, compared to the strict super
vision CXerC ,sed over them upon the
other side Of the water-a supervision
thst would mSkeSsuChG question as yours
needless-hss been the subject of much
and grave discussion gS to which method
makes the nObler and truer woman. To
my mind there is no question but that
OuC own way is much the better. or
course, l do not mean lat parents should
allow their daughters TO run wild, or by
teaching them a self respect that renders
them able to take care Of themselves, as
want you, my young friend, TO tske care
OF yourself, they will develop into women,
intelligent, responsible, capable OF stand
ing alone, women who are not dolls nor
weak inCapablcs, res ~ Ito suCCumb 10
me trst temptation And this seit-TeIi-
auCe is the more necessary with eaCh
succeeding YeST, for the number Of girls
CT women VINO either must or who desire
TO go GU. into the world TO work side
By side with men multiply.
was reading q letter from s New
York correspondent recently which bears
somewhat upon this subject. The writer
hsd been visiting the different insti.u-
tions established for women who are
iriendIess out sen-dependeut, and one
whose life work has been always with
this class, ssij, "TemptatiUn and vice
fall hsrmIessly away from girl OF proper
rs ming and instincts, no matter where
or how she is placed" And cgsiu:
"It slI depends on the girl" is the
phrase that was used in every place that
went, By both men and women, AID
these were those who were sgreed that TO
a weak SiIl there is as much danger ia
village IS in city. NiEety-nino in every
100 young women who come to town at
0ace fad some nest to make their home,
if il is only a room, and Immediately con.
s1CiatiOn. In this they differ radically
from the young men who leave home
rather than seek it as soon as they are
or II trouble
"rbere IS more complaint Of misad
ventures, and insults, and narrow es-
capes by foreign girls5 than by Ameri-
cans" said lady in charge of q humane
institution, "aud in every case 1 nave
heard Of the trouble was due to the
stupidity aGj slow brain movement Of the
girl. Yesterday some young man met
German girltWhOm we are helping He told
Ger she was the image Of his dead wife,
md ss6ed for her name and address. She .
gave him both ST once. Is it any wonder
such girls have adventures! 1 never knew
IN American girl of healthy brain who
would not have been too smart for that
young ms1,'
That is 1t. /. is not the strong, inteIIi- .
yent and sclf-reliaut GIrI that gets into
roubIe, not the girl who can be bright
,ud pleasant with those gentlemen who
AVE have claim upon her acquaintance,
mt can repeI sill approaches from others
md not only that, but csn resist all ia
nillarities that tend to diminish her
yOmanly strength and mOdesty, and bring
Ter finally into contempt. And when you
hnk what I have said over carefully I .
hiuE you will be in no doubt as 10 Tha.
s the wise conclusion.